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+Title: Office 2003 End of Life
+Notice: Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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+
+##What will happen in April 2014?
+
+Microsoft has [announced][1] that they are ending support of Office 2003 and
Windows XP on April 8th, 2014. What does this mean? As they describe,
+"After April 8, 2014, there will be no new security updates, non-security
hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content
updates." This,
+according to Microsoft, exposes Office 2003 users to greater "Security &
Compliance Risks".
+
+##Time to explore alternatives
+
+Most companies know that it is not too early to start planning for a migration
off of Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows XP. The smartest companies are taking
this time
+to explore other available in the market, including Apache OpenOffice, the
leading free productivity suite.
+
+[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx
+
